Dumping-cart



(No Model.)

P. M. GIBSON.

DUMPING CART.

No. 422,518 Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

INVENTOR rancis M, P'Zlson -Y H S A-rroamsy N versus. PhuloLilhogn-phnr,walhington. u. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS MARION GIBSON, OF GOOD HOPE, OHIO.

DUMPlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,518, dated March 4,1890.

. Application filed November 23, 1889. Serial No. 331,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS MARION GIB- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Good Hope, in the county of Fayetteand State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDumping-Carts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to vehicles, and especially to those fourwheeledwagons in which it is desirable either to use the running-gear for thetransportation of lumber and the like or to have a body for such loadsas require it.

My invention aims at providing the body with appliances that enable itto be readily placechupon or removed from the runninggear, and alsoadapt it to be used asa dumping-cart.

The invention consists, mainly, in a peculiar hinged hook-shaped deviceby which the body is united to the running-gear, as hereinafter setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is,,a longitudinal vertical section of a wagonembodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a detail of the hinge-joint.

The running-gear, consisting of the wheels A A, the bolsters B B, andthe reach 0, is of the usual construction.

The body D may be of any desired construction. It is shown as consistingof a floor d, secured to battens d, a front (1 and sides (1 secured touprights at. The bottom board of each side projects forward of the frontend, and a cleat d is fastened across them to strengthen the front. Anarrow board near the top of each side is similarly extended forward tosupport the seat cl. Vhen the side is formed by one board, it may besimilarly extended to support the seat.

Secured to the under side of the floor of the body, preferably near theedge, is an eye or staple E, which engages with a pintle f, formed uponor attached to the hook-shaped metal strap F, There are preferably twoof these straps secured at or near the ends of the bars G G, the partsbeing so proportioned that the bars may lie close to the rear bolster Bon each side thereof, while the straps pass over the same. To give thestraps and bars a good bearing, the bolster should be rather wide, andif the improvement is to be applied to a wagon having a narrow bolsterthe latter may be widened by securing a cleat or cleats I) along one orboth sides. The bar G is cut away slightly at g, adjacent to the pintlesf, to give the eye E room to turn on the pintle. the bars form a kind ofhook adapted to drop down over the rear bolster B and prevent the body Dfrom sliding forward or backward. Lateral movement of the body, by whichit might come in contact with the wheels A, is prevented by standardsI), inserted in the ends of the bolster. The eyes E are preferablylocated slightly in the rear of the center of gravity of the body D, sothat when the latter is in a horizontal position, as shown indotted-line elevation, it tends to remain in place. When the load is tobe dumped, the body can easily be tilted on the pintles f to theposition shown in full lines. If it is then desired to take off thebody, it is only necessary to back the team, when the body will betipped up on end, as shown in dotted lines, the hinged joint F G- G"being automatically lifted off the bolster B by the move; ment of thebody into an upright position. WVhen the body is replaced upon therunninggear, the adjustment of the bars Gr G is fa- It will be seen thatthe straps and.

cilitated by the fact that the inner lower edge of the former is beveledoff, as shown at g in Fig. 2. It is evident that either one of the barsG G may be omitted, provided the straps are suitably form ed to engagesnugly with the bolster, If the straps are permanently hinged to thebody, instead of using the separable eye and pintle, it might bepossible to dis pen'se with both the bars G G.

The facility with which the body can be placed upon or removed from therunninggear by one person is an important advanta e,

l laving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A dumping-cart having hinged to its body a hook-like device adaptedto fit removably over the bolster, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

2. The combination, with the bolster of a Wagon, of a body having hingedto its under side a pair of hook-shaped straps adapted to fit removablyover the bolster, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The COl11bl11l1llOll,Wit1l a \\-'ag011-body,of the hook-shaped strapshinged thereto, and one or more bars uniting said straps, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

at. The combination, with a wagon-body provided with eyes near itsedges, of hookshaped straps having pintles to engage with said eyes, anda bar uniting said straps, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed. 5. The combination, with the bolster B, of the body I),having the eyes E, the straps F, having" pintles f engaging with theeyes, and the bars G G, secured to the straps and lying" on each side ofthe bolster, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS MARION GIBSON.

\Vitnesses:

WALTER E. MAYNARD, FRANK A. CHAFFIN.

